Spicy one pot Asian Chicken noodles
An easy Asian syle spicy chicken and vegetable noodle recipe, ready within 30 mins and only needs one pot to cook!
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 417kcal
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup sesame oil
- 200 gm dry noodles. half a pack of any noodle you like
- 500 gm boneless chicken cut up in 1 inch cubes
- 9 to 10 cloves of garlic 25 gm
- 8 to 9 dried red chilies 3 gm
- 4 bay leaves
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 2 star anises
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 chicken bouillon cube
- 3 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tbsp red grape vinegar
- 1 cup tomato paste
Vegetables
- 1/2 cup peas
- 1/2 cup sliced carrots
- 1 cup bell peppers cut up in squares
- 1 cup cabbage cut in 1 inch squares.
- Sesame seeds and chopped green onions for garnish
Instructions
- In a large pot, add oil, chopped garlic, bay leaves, dried red chilies, cinnamon stick and star anise. Saute at medium flame, until the garlic turns golden brown.
- Add chicken cubes to the pot, along with any veggies that take longer time to cook. (In my case, I added peas and carrots). Add salt, sugar, soy sauce and red grape vinegar. Saute till the chicken changes color.
- Add in a chicken bouillon cube and tomato paste. Throw in the remaining veggies and stir for a minute.
- Add 5 cups of water and your noodles. Stir around the noodles to make sure they are not clumped together. Cover the pot and let the noodles simmer at medium high flame for 10 mins.
- Remove the lid, and stir around and cover again. Cook for another 5 mins.
- Check to see if your noodles are done. You can adjust the seasonings now. You can decide to keep your noodles saucy, dry or soupy, by adding more water if need be.
- Sprinkle sesame seeds and green onions on top for garnish and serve hot.
Notes
The red chilies pack in a lot of heat in the dish. Reduce the chili quantity of you are can't handle spices.
Feel free to use any veggies you like.
All substitute are given in the blogpost.
Nutrition
Serving: 1serving | Calories: 417kcal | Carbohydrates: 38g | Protein: 32g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 13g | Cholesterol: 74mg | Sodium: 680mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 16g